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Peter Jackson and JJ Abrams 'Back' Sean Parker's Screening Room (variety.com)

Posted by msmash on from the one-less-reason-to-leave-home dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Reports claim that Napster founder, Sean Parker, is working on a new service, called Screening Room, which would make major blockbusters available at home on the same day as they hit cinemas. The service would apparently charge users $50 per movie, and provide them with a 48-hour window to watch it. Now a new report claims that Hollywood titans Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams are among backers of Screening Room.

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  1. Re:High end... by lgw · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'd bet on watermarking, since that survives the analog hole. There's a proven technology used for "awards screeners" - proven in that people have been arrested for leaking.

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